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Perla Zinn Engel papers

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.428.1

Overview

Description: Photographs (7) of Perla Zinn, dating from1943-1946, including two photographs taken in Ottenhofen, Germany, in 1943, several taken in various locations in Germany, post-liberation, including Erlangen, Deggendorf, and Hochland, 1945-1946, and a photo of Mozes Zeiger, inscribed to her, dated 1946, as well as a photograph taken in a displaced persons camp, likely Foehrenwald, undated. Also includes two identification cards for Zinn, using the false name of Zofia Molinska, one issued in Poland in 1939 and the other issues at the Bleidorn displaced persons camp in Germany, 1945. Collection also contains a certificate of identification in lieu of a passport, issued by the United States Consulate in Munich, under Zinn's actual name, 1946.
Date: inclusive: 1943-1946
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rene Axelrod and Sandra Stevermar

Physical Details

Language: German Polish
Genre/Form: Identification cards.
Extent: 1 folder

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Copyright Holder: Ms. Sandra Stevermar

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Ansbach (Displaced persons camp) Jewish refugees--Germany--Franconia.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Sandra Stevermar and Rene Axelrod.

Record last modified:: 2023-11-14 15:56:18
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